Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 623: The powerful Pox Sect, so terrifying

Jiang Ziya broke through Chuanyun Pass regardless of casualties. At this time, the army was only a hundred miles away from Tongguan.

He was extremely anxious, but he couldn't express his urgency to anyone.

The immortals like Guangchengzi could only see that God's will was still with the Zhou Kingdom and felt that the problem was not serious. This view was too macroscopic.

As a person in the game, and with the seven-aperture heart given to him by Yun Zhongzi, Jiang Ziya felt more than Guang Chengzi and the others saw.

"Just because I am in this mountain" also has its advantages.

Outsiders can only see the appearance, but he can see the essence.

For Jiang Ziya, people are complex, and countries are even more complex. They cannot be measured by simple luck or national destiny.

There is no such saying nowadays as "Countries often perish because of their weakness, but the Han Dynasty perished because of its strength", but the principle remains the same.

Even countries with strong national destiny may have internal problems.

Now problems arose within the Zhou Kingdom. At the time of Ji Chang, everyone was united. No matter how much pressure the Shang Dynasty put on them, everyone in the Zhou Kingdom believed that they could withstand it and that they would be the winner in the end.

Now the people of Zhou State are no longer as confident and united as they used to be. Ji Fa was so anxious that he used the Chaos Bell to kill people, which was an outward manifestation of this emotion. It is difficult to win the war and unite the people by conventional means, so he used unconventional means.

Ji Fa was prepared to sacrifice himself to pave a way out for the Zhou Kingdom. Jiang Ziya seized the opportunity, believing that speed was of the essence in war. If he could break through the five passes in a row and capture Luoyi before King Zhou crossed the river, then the Zhou Kingdom, relying on the remaining divine will, could suppress the Han Kingdom by controlling the north and the south.

Qi has nothing to do with this. The Han State is now waiting for both Shang and Zhou to suffer losses, and then it will take over the world in one fell swoop. It doesn't take a very brilliant strategic vision to see this idea, at least Jiang Ziya can see it.

Deng Chanyu not only talked about the political view of "the first initiator must be sent away, and the palace will be prosperous and blessed" with Long Ji, but also with Deng Xiu, Li Jing, and Deng Jiugong. At first, it was just a casual chat when they had nothing to do. Later, they gradually found that this view was very suitable for the current delicate situation, and this thing became the political program of the Han Dynasty.

Weizi also wrote a lot of theoretical discussions on this point of view, which were purely theoretical. Deng Chanyu was confused when she saw it. This is what I meant at first. It doesn’t seem that profound, right?

Whether she agrees or not, in this argument, the Zhou State is the "initiator" of destroying the old order, while the Han State is the "founder" of establishing a new order and ending the chaos.

Jiang Ziya would never allow himself to become an "initiator", that would be too sad.

He needs to be quick and get through the five levels as soon as possible.

After only two days of rest, the 38,000 elite soldiers mounted their horses and marched eastward to attack Tongguan.

Thanks to Bo Yikao's victory over the Western Rong, the Zhou Kingdom had no shortage of horses in recent years. What it lacked were war horses with strong stamina and fast charging speed. There were many ordinary horses, and infantry could also ride them. At most, they would dismount and form a battle formation, and they would ride horses when traveling.

The commander-in-chief of the Tongguan Army of the Shang Dynasty was named Yu Hualong.

Yu Hualong had a son named Yu De.

Yu De is a disciple of Jiejiao, but his cultivation is not high. He is currently only a human immortal and usually dresses as a Taoist boy.

This person was a nobody within the Jiejiao sect. Even bigwigs like Duobao Daoist and the Golden Spirit Holy Mother didn't know he existed. However, Yu De had some good fortune. He once found a Tai Sui that had lived for an unknown number of years in an ancient immortal cave. He later extracted a poison from the Tai Sui and named it Poison Pox.

When Yu Hualong heard that Jiepai Pass and Chuanyun Pass had been lost one after another, he immediately summoned his sons to discuss the matter.

Yu Hualong had five sons, namely Yu Da, Yu Zhao, Yu Guang, Yu Xian, and the fifth son was Yu De.

Previously, King Zhou's strategic focus was to destroy the State of Qi, attacking in the east and defending in the west. The Grand Marshal Lu Renjie has defeated the main force of the Qi army three times.

When King Zhou heard about the "earth dragon turning over" in the west, he did not care about Jiang Wenhuan's remnants and quickly ordered Lu Renjie to withdraw the army, and then transferred the army to the western front to strengthen the defense of Tongguan and resist the invasion of Zhou State.

Yu Hualong's seniority is even higher than Han Rong's. He is a veteran general. Even if King Zhou is incompetent, he knows the importance of such a good general to him.

He appointed Yu Hualong as the Grand Marshal. Originally, there were 30,000 soldiers and horses in Tongguan. Now, he was assigned 100,000 soldiers from the 200,000 troops in the eastern expedition to lead. He had to stop the Zhou army at all costs.

While the 100,000-strong army was still on the way, Jiang Ziya's eastern expedition army arrived at Tongguan first. The infantry dismounted and then began to attack the city. Now there were only 30,000 extremely panicked Shang soldiers in the city.

It seems that the two sides have similar military strength, but in fact one side is in high spirits while the other side is like a frightened bird.

The Zhou Kingdom destroyed Jiepai Pass in an instant and shattered half of Chuanyun Pass, annihilating generals such as Han Rong and Qiu Yin and 150,000 troops. The record was too shocking. Ordinary people don’t know about cause and effect, blessing, and luck. All they can see is that the Zhou Kingdom has the help of ghosts and gods. There was a loud bang in the sky, and then millions of lives were gone. What kind of fight is this? Run away quickly!
Jiang Ziya sent many spies to publicize this incident. The phrase "one shot destroyed dozens of miles of land" has been recorded by historians of both sides.
Yu Hualong was loyal to the Shang Dynasty. Even if the rumors were exaggerated, he would still be loyal to King Zhou.

He summoned his five sons and asked anxiously, "Jiang Shang's army is very powerful and the city is in chaos. Do you have any plan to repel the enemy?"

The four sons were all mortal military generals. They whispered a few words and then shook their heads. If the soldiers had no will to fight, no matter how much the generals encouraged them, it would be useless. Besides, they were also afraid of the Zhou Kingdom's magical methods.

Yu De laughed heartily: "Don't worry, father and four brothers. I am not talented, but I am willing to take Jiang Shang's head as a birthday gift for you."

"Are you sure, my son?"

"I took Jiang Shang's head as easily as taking something out of a bag!"

That night, Yu De made arrangements.

He spread the smallpox poison he had carefully prepared in the Zhou camp. The smallpox poison that would have infected 100,000 troops this time only targeted more than 30,000 people. In less than five days, all the soldiers in the Zhou camp fell.

In the original time and space, there was Yuanshi Tianzun's reminder, Nezha who was immune to toxins was guarding the house, and Yang Jian, a guy with extremely high resistance to poison, went out to find medicine. Now there is nothing and they can only lie down and wait to die.

Jiang Ziya's face was as pale as gold paper, and he weakly warned Longxuhu: "This must be the work of the unscrupulous people in the Shang camp. Cough, cough, poisoned. You still have some strength, hurry back to Sishui Pass and ask the brothers to come and rescue you, otherwise it will be too late!"

Although Longxuhu was also infected with the poisonous pox, he was ultimately more resistant than ordinary people and still had some ability to move. He took Jiang Ziya's order and left the camp overnight to seek help.

As soon as Longxuhu left, the Yu family father and son led their troops out of Tongguan. Most of the 30,000 elite Zhou troops had died of illness, and the remaining ones had no power to resist. The only animals and horses that could move freely in the camp were livestock and horses.

The father and son of the Yu family led the charge, and all 30,000 elite troops of the Zhou Kingdom were wiped out. Jiang Ziya didn't even have the strength to climb up the Sibu Xiang, and was chased by Yu Hualong and stabbed to death with a halberd. Yu Hualong then cut off his head and sent it to Luoyi to show his merit.

(End of this chapter)